It is not unusual for prosecutors to have to deal with victims of crimes who are reluctant to testify and incriminate the criminal defendant, for such reasons as a relationship with or even fear of th…

By Tom Ryan In criminal cases where a victim or witness has identified the defendant as the perpetrator, it is common for the defense attorney to seek to keep the fact that the defendant was identifie…

Frequently Judges in Maryland during a criminal sentencing will impose a period of incarceration, and then suspend some or all of the prison time while imposing a period of probation following the def…

Last week Maryland’s Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Daniel Carter, et. al. v. State of Maryland addressing challenges to its system for possible parole for juvenile offenders serving life sent…

Under Maryland law, generally evidence of prior bad acts independent of the crimes for which a defendant is charged, even if they show a crime of the same type, are not admissible in evidence to prove…

The Maryland legislature has now decriminalized the possession of less than 10 ounces of marijuana. However, use of the odor of marijuana is still used by the police in making arrests, as was explored…

Among the new gun control measures passed by the Maryland Legislature and signed by the Governor in 2018 addressing guns owned or possessed by persons convicted of crimes of domestic violence. The new…